Drugs
Dobbing in dealers won’t reduce drug use
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced a national “dob in a dealer” hotline campaign in August, calling for roadside drug......
Overdose deaths from prescription painkillers on the rise
Deaths from prescription medications, in particular pain killers, are on the rise. During International Overdose Awareness Week in August the......
Call to end to the war on drugs
Delegates attending the International Harm Reduction conference in Malaysia in October called on governments around the world to decriminalise drugs......
World athletics rocked by doping scandal
Athletics Australia’s chief executive has called for Russia to be banned from next year’s Olympic Games. The call comes after......
Call to end to the war on drugs
Delegates attending the International Harm Reduction conference in Malaysia last week called on governments to decriminalise drugs and introduce harm......
Dry Zone link to Indigenous homelessness
Aboriginal people who gather in public parklands to socialise are more likely to end up in gaol. The services that......
TGA recommends codeine be prescription-only
As more evidence emerges about codeine’s addictive qualities, national drug regulator the Therapeutic Goods Administration has recommended it be available......
Why addiction is a desire, not a disease
The trend in modern medicine and psychology is to label addiction a brain disease, because of the way brains change......
Booze Blamed for Ice Epidemic on Aboriginal Communities
Aboriginal Communities in Queensland are experiencing and ice epidemic along with the rest of the country. Alcohol Management Plans are......
Running like China author Sophie Hardcastle on mental illness
As a young girl, Sophie Hardcastle was in love with the world and felt most alive when she was surfing......